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UNITED YSTATns PATniwrA OFFICE.`

' ERASTUS VOODlVARD, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE VATERS VRAPPING AND MAILING MACHINE COMPANY, OF PORTLAND,

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ADDRESS-PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,412, dated August 12, 1890.

Application filed November 5, 1889. Serial No. 329,379. (No model.)

a series of holes therein, to be thereafter entered by a feeding finger or device when the said printed strip is being used in a niachine for wrapping newspapers or other packages or articles for the mail, the said strip at such time being cut off transversely to leave pieces each containing an address printed on it. The strip referred to maybe of any desired widthand be gummed or not. The paper on which the addresses are printed may be wide enough to be used for a newspaperwrapper, or it may be just wide enough to take the addresses and be thereafter applied to the wrapper.

The machine described in United States Patent No. 408,202, heretofore granted to me, shows the use of a narrow strip of the kind referred to.

The machine herein to be described contains pulling-off mechanism (shown as rolls) which acts upon the strip of papervupon which separate addresses are to to be printed, the said mechanism pulling off from the delivery drum or roll an amount of paper in excess of that actually neededor taken away by the feedrolls which feedv the strip under the impression pad and punch, the formation of slack in the paper strip by the pulling-off mechanism obviating the necessity. of the feed-rolls acting upon the paper to turn the delivery roll or drum containing the roll of paper, for it will be noticed that the strain on the paper to rotate the said drum or roll varies as the diameter of the roll of paper being printed 5o decreases. Thestriphaving addressesprinted f upon it is wound upupon a receiving-roll,

for feeding the paper strip and for punching' which is driven frictionally or in such manner that the rotation of the said receivingroll ceases whenever the printed strip between it and the feed-rolls is taken up.

The machine herein to be describedfhas a punch and punch plate or die, so that holes are punched in the strip, one for each address, and at a shorg distance from its edge, the said holes being herein shown as so located in the said strip as to come between the separate addresses. The galley containing the type is fed intermittingly under the moving paper and under an impression-pad, and the galley is provided with a projection, whereby when it reaches the end of its movement in one direction a locking device which is depended upon to keep the machine in rotation is acted upon by the galley and rolls to effect the stopping of the machine, and espepression-pad and punch. y

Figure l, in front elevation, represents an addressing-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a right-hand end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a left-hand end elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail to be referred to, it showing the means for actuating the impression-pad and the punch, together with part of the frame-work below theimpression-pad, and the galley and part of the stop mechanism to be described.- Fig. 5 is a detail showing part of the framework with the galley in place and part of the stop mechasism. Fi'g. 6 is a detail showing one side of the cam represented in Fig. 4. Figs. 7 and 8 are details referring to the stop mechanism and to the belt-shipping .mechanism. Fig. 9 is a detail showing the punchblock and stripper detached. Fig. 10 shows a Y piece of paper having addresses printed there- 9o on and punched with holes, and Fig. 1l is a detail referring to the means employed for adjustin g the vertical position of the impressionpad; Fig. 12, a detail showing the links f6 Aand be, and Fig. 13 details of the locking device. The frame-work, composed essentially of the post or upright A, a horizontal bed A AX, uprights A2, A3, and A4, is and may be of suitable shape to support the bearings for the Working parts. The .portion AX of the frame-work is made as a horizontal shelf having an upright guiding-edged at its rear side.

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7O cially of the feeding mechanism and the im- The galley B rests upon this shelf and is moved intermittingly thereon by mechanism to be described. The galley is and may be of usual construction, it containing properly set up and keyed therein type, as b, to represent a name and post-office address, dac., the said addresses being properly spaced and separated, the galley being fed by means of a feeding mechanism which,as shown,is made to engage the type b, as will be described.

The main shaft B of the machine has fast on it near its outer end a disk B2, on the hub of which is pivoted at b a dog B3, which is acted upon by a spring h2, surrounding a rod or pin b3, jointed at one end to the said dog and extended through a portion of the hub of the wheel B2. The wheel B2 serves as a brake-wheel and is acted upon at the proper times by a brake B4, connected to a sleeve B5, having an arm B6, which by a link B7 is attached to an arm B8 of a rock-shaft B2, extended to the front of the machine and provided with an arm B10, a spring B12 normally acting to keep the brake pressed against the brake-wheel, the said arrnlB10 enabling the said rock-shaft to be turned by hand.

Loose on the shaft B is a belt-pulley C, having at one side (see Fig. 2) a projection C', which when in engagement with the dog B2 eiiects the rotation of the main shaft, but this dog B3 may be disengaged from the said pin by the arm C2, connected to the sleeve B5, as will be described.

The hub of the pulley C, which, it will be understood,is driven from some usual countershaft and which runs even when the machine proper is stopped, is scored to receive a belt O2, which is extended over a pulley CL on a shaft C5, having a second pulley C, (see Fig. 3,) over which is extended a cross-belt C", which is also extended over a pulley C2, fast ona shaft C, to which is attached the distributing-roll C1, the said shaft C having upon it a cam-hub- C12, the groove of which receives a roller or other stud C12 on a finger attached to a swinging yoke C, in which said shaft has its bearings, the said yoke being pivoted at its inner end upon the upright A2. The frame-work has upon it a stud d', which receives the journal of the'inking-roll a2, with which roll eo-operatcsasecond inking-rollas, the shaft of which turns in a swinging yoke a4 pivoted at a5, the journals of the two rolls being connected by a spring a, as represen ted in Fig. l.

The nain shaft B has fast upon it a feedcam D to actuate the gallevfeeding mechanism, the said cam, as herein shown, being provided at one side with a suitable camgroove, the shape of which is best shown in Fig. 6, the said cam-groove, as herein represented, receiving a roller or other stud of an arm D', attached to a rock-shaft D2, upon the forward end of which is mounted loosely and in an adjustable manner the feed-actuating lever D3.

To effect the adjustment of the lever D3, I

have secured to the shaft D2, immediately be- .hind the said lever, a hub D4, havingaforked arm or upright in which is placed a screw D5, provided with a suitable thumb-nut, the said screw passing through an ear D6, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4,) connected to and extended baekward from the upper end of the lever D3. A pin or projection 40 at thelower end of the lever D3 enters a notched ear al of a feed-bar a8, fitted to slidein suitable guides next the part a of the table, the said slide having a feed-dog a pivoted thereto at al", the forward end of the said feed-dog having a projection, as best represented in Fig. 5, to go into the space between the type b indicating denite addresses, the said dog by engaging the type feeding the galley the proper distance. The feed-dog is normally kept pressed toward the galley by means of a spring (L12, adjustment of the screw D5 providing for a shorter or longer throw of the bar carrying the dog, such adjustment providing for the varying spaces between the type in the gal ley used.

The outer side of the galley is acted upon at suitable points by means of one or more rolls c on an arm c of a vertical rock-shaft having at its lower end an arm c2, acted upon by a spring c2, the other end of which is attached to some fixed part of the frame, the said rolls keeping the galley up against the guiding-edge a.

Vhen the machine is running regularly, the rock-shaft B2 is turned in a direction to keep the brake Bl off from the brake-wheel and the arm C2 out of the path of movement of the dog B3, and the said rock-shaft is kept in such position by means of a locking mechanism consisting, essentially, of a latch c4, attached to the lower end of a vertical rockshaft c5, extended through the bed A and having a finger e8. The latch c4, as herein shown, has attached to it a spring c, which normally serves to keep said latch engaged with an arm c7 on the said rock-shaft B". Vthen the galley arrives at the end of its stroke, a projection c, (see Fig. 5,),mounted just behind the last type to be prin ted from in the galley, strikes thc linger c8 and turns the shaft c5, thus releasing the arm 070i the shaft B2 and permitting the spring B12 to throw the brake against the brake-wheel and the arm C2 up into position to effect the disengagement of the dog B3 from the projection C on the loose driving wheel or pulley C.

The machine may be stopped at any time by the operator engaging the arm c by hand.

The main shaft has fast upon it a pinion E, which engages an in termediatc toothed gear E on a shaft E2, the said shaft containing a pinion c, and alongside of it a belt-pulley e. The belt-pulley e receives over it, as herein shown, a belt c2, which is extended over a wheel e3, mounted loosely upon a shaft et, the said shaft having fast upon it a disk c5, between which and one side of the hub of IOO the said pulley e3 is a suitable friction device c6, preferably a leather washer. The shaft e4 also has mounted upon it the take-up drum or roll c7, it being herein shown as retained upon and to rotate with the said shaft by means of a pin e? at the inner side of a hub c attached to the said shaft by means of a set-screw @10. A spiral or other spring cl2, (see Fig. 2,) located between the bearing cl3 for the said shaft and the hub of the pulley e3, acts to keep the hub of the pulley pressed toward the leatherwasher e6 and the disk e5 with a measured friction. In this way it will be seen that the rotation of the pulley e3, although being constant, does not at all times rotate the shaft e4, upon which it is mounted, and thus rotate the take-up reel e7. The friction device between the wheel e3 and the disk e5 is provided in order that the rotation of the reel e7 may be stopped whenever the paper strip F (represented by dotted lines) has been taken up or the slacktherein wound up beyond the feed-rolls f f The feed-roll f is mounted upon a shaft f2, provided with a suitable 'ratchet or other wheel f3, (see Fig. 2,) engaged by a suitable pawl f* on the pawl-lever f5, pivoted preferably on the shaft f2, the said pawl-lever deriving its motion from a link j, pivoted to the link f8, to be described, the latter link embracing a crank-pin ft upon a disk f 10, secured to the front end of the shaft B', the rotation of the feed-roll f beingintermitting. The roller f is secured to a shaft fx, rotating in the lower end of arms fu, pivoted at f13 on the upright A4, the roll f being held against thepaper on the roll f by a suitable spring fm. The shafts f2 and f at their inner ends are provided each with a suitable pinion, which mesh together, thus causing the said shafts to rotate in unison and take the paper strip F (shown by dotted lines) from the addressing and punch mechanism, to be hereinafter described. The link f8 is jointed to a stud-screw g, secured to a carrier or bar g', and as the shaft B is rotated the said carrier or bar is reciprocated between suitable gibs, forming a guide therefor.

The carrier or bar g', as herein represented, has at its lower end' a projecting block g2, having a suitable vertical groove or guideway therein to receive the shank g3 of the impression-pad g4, it being suitably cushioned at its lower end to strike upon the paper F, lying upon the type b of the galley, the said type being properlyinked by the inking-rolls a2 a3 as the galley passes under them.

The shank of the impression-padv is represented as provided at its upper end with an ear 42, (see Figs. 4 and 11,) having a hole in which is fitted loosely a screw g, the lower end of which is threaded and fitted to enter a threaded opening in the block g2, attached to the carrier g. The screw g6 has upon a threaded portion thereof a fast collar 41, on which rests the ear 42. The screw gG is grooved just above the said ear to receive a suitable splinefor projection (see Fig. ll in section) at the inner side of a loose collar 43, so that by turning the said collar t-he screw may be rotated and turned up or down in the said block.

To permit the impression-pad to stop 'just before the bar g completes its descent, or to strike a yielding blow upon the paper lying on the type of the galley, I have surrounded the screw g above the collar 43 with a spiral spring 44, the upper end of which is acted upon by a nut 45. In this way when the impression-pad strikes the paper or type, the ear,42 being then under the collar 43, the spring 44 yields so as to avoid striking a hard or solid blow.

'l As herein shown, I have secured to the projection g2 by a suitable screw glo (see Fig. 4) a holder h, in which is secured a punch h". The bed A has secured to it immediately below the punch a stripping-plate h2, provided with a hole h3, down through which the punch passes before passing through the paper strip F, a punch-block h4 (shown best in Fig. 9)

lying just below the stripping-plate h2 and` the paper, the said punch entering a hole in is secured the pulling-off wheel or device k7,

the co-operating wheel or device hs to take the strip of paper to be addessed from they roll of paper on the roll or reel F being fast upon an arm h", pivoted at 71,10 on the upright A2, the roll 7L being kept pressed against the IOO paper on the roll 717 by means of aspring h2o. i

(Shown by dotted lines in Fig. l.) The inner ends of the shafts carrying the said wheels 72,7

h8 are provided with like pinions k12, (both shown in full lines in Fig. 3 and one by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) so that the said shafts rotate in unison and pull off the paper strip F from the delivery-roll F at a constant speed,

notwithstanding the constantly-decreasing diameter of the paper on the said roll.

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paper pulled off from the delivery-roll inexcess of the quantity demanded or the quantity taken away by the feed-rollsff is accumulated in loop form, as represented at the left of Fig. l, the said loop representingslack paper resting in a suitable guide or chute m,

having at its lower end,prefera'iiy,a suitable The bed AX will have a supporting-plate m2, over which the printed strip travels on its ,way to the feed-rolls, the said plate (but partially shown in Fig. 5) keeping the printed .part of the strip from coming a second .time

against the type.

, The strip may be gummed and dried at one j side, if desired, before it is put through the the impressionepad, for in practice to produce a rapid-working machine it is only 'necessary that the'said punch and the said impression-pad come down upon the paper strip, Whatever may be its Width, at substantially the same time, so as not to interfere any longer than possible with the intermitting action of the feed-rolls. Neither' do I desire to limit my invention to the exactmeans shown for actuating the impression pad and the punch, as I may use any other well-known equivalent devices.

Itis obvious that the width of the strip upon which the addresses are printed may be of greater or less Width, a receiving roll or drum and a delivery roll or drum beingused of suitable Width for the strip.

In case of very wide strips-sueh, for instance, as used for newspaper-wrappers-the bed Ax Will be correspondingly widened. The bed A has at its under side, near its lefthand end, as shown in Fig. l, a rock-shaft n, having a yoke-shaped arm a, which receives the journals of a roll a2. the surface of which may project up through a slot in the bed A. This rock-shaft n has an arm n3, to which may be attached in any desired position a suitable Weight or equivalent n4, and extending from the said rock-shaft in the opposite direction is an arm a5, which is acted upon by a lug 2 at the under side of the yoke C, before referred to, the Weight of the said yoke and its attached parts on the arm a5 being sufficient to counterbalan'ce the Weight n4 and keep the periphery of the roll 'a2 up into the slot in the bed AX and slightly above it. In practice, when the. galley is pushed into position from the left, as shown in Fig. l, the under side of the galley acts upon the roll n.2 and pushes the said roll down sufficiently to turn the rock-shaft n and cause its arm a5 to lift the yoke C sufficiently to remove the ink-distributing roll from contact with the two inking-rolls, for while the galley is being run through the machine and the in kin g-rolls are inking the type in the galley it is not desired to rub or work the distributingroll against the inking-rolls. This lifting of the distributing-roll avoids much Wear between the distributing-roll and the inking rolls; but as soon as the rear end of the galley travels beyond the roll n2 the yoke C14, being no longer supported, as described, falls sufficiently to permit the distributing-roll to meet the inking-rolls, and While a new galley is being put into place the rotation of the distributing-roll is continued, as before, in contact with the inkingiolls to properly distribute the ink thereon.

By the term addressing-strip I mean a strip of paper on which addresses are printed, the said strip being thereafter cut up into lengths, each length serving to address a paper or package for the mail.

The loose pulley with its projection, and the spring-pressed dog P3, constitute a clutch which when the acting parts are released enables the shaft B to remain at rest.

I do not desire to limit myinvention to the exact devices shown between the locking device referred to and the clutch referred t0, as instead I might employ other Well-known equivalent devices.

I claim l. In a machine to print a strip of paper with a series of addresses, the following instrumentalities, viz.: an impression pad, means to move it, a galley containing type, feeding mechanism to feed the said galley intermittingly, feeding mechanism to move the strip to be printed upon, and a punch and punch-block to form holes in the said strip, the said parts being and operating substantially as described.

2. The impression-pad, a carrier therefor, means to move the carrier, a fccd-cam, its shaft, a galley havinga projectiotnand means between the said feed-cam and the said galley to feed the latter, combined with a locking device actuated by the projection of the said galley, and means between the said locking device and the shaft carrying the feedcam to arrest the rotation of the said cam as the galley completes its movement in one direction, substantially as described.

3. Theimpression-pad, a punch and punchblock, means, substantially as described, to move them, a galley having a projection c1", a finger e8, and a connected locking device combined with feeding mechanism for the galley, and independent feeding mechanism for the strip to be printed, the said locking device being moved as the galley completes its feeding movement in one direction,sub stanti-ally as described. A Y

4. In a machine for printing addresses on strip of paper, pulling-off mechanism, substantially as described, to act upon and pull the said strip from a drum or roll, and feeding-rolls to take the material delivered by the pulling-oif mechanism, combined with a galley, an impression-pad, a carrier therefor, and with means to actuate the said galley and impression-pad carrier to operate sub stantially as described. 5. In an addressing-machine, pulling-off rolls to act upon and pull the paper strip from the drum or roll carrying it, a galley, means to feed it intermittingly, an impressiolrpad, a punch, means to actuatc the said impression-pad and punch, and a punchblock, combined With feeding-rolls to take the paper from the pulling-olf rolls and feed it under the impression-pad and punch and over the galley, substantially as described.

G. In an addressing-maehine, pulling-off rolls to act upon and pull the paper strip from the drum or roll carrying it, a guide or chute m to support the slack paper, a galley, means to feed it intermittingly, an impression-pad, a punch, means to actuate the said impression-pad and punch, and a punchblock, eombinedwith feeding-rolls to take the paper from the pullingol`f rolls and feed it under the impression-pad and punch and over the galley, substantially as described.

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'7. n an addressing-machine, pulling-off. rolls to act upon and pull the paper strip from the drum or roll carrying it, a galley, means io-feed it intermittingly, an impression-pad, apunclnmeans to actuate the said impression-pad and punch, and a punch-block, combined with feeding-rolls to take the paper from the pulling-off rolls and feed it under the impression-pad and punch and over the galley, and the plate m2, located above the' impression-pad, feeding mechanism for the strip, the galleyhaving a projection, means t0 actuate the galley, and a locking device actu,- atedby thesaid galley, combined with the rockashaft. B9, having an arm c7, the arm O2, and connecting devices between the said arm and the said rock-shaft to release the said dog from the said loose pulley when the locking de- Vice is moved to release the arm c7, substantially as described. Y

10. The galley, the feed-dog a to effect the feeding movement of the galley, the feedbar, the lever D3, means to actuate it, and the adjusting-screw D5, to operate substantially as described;

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

ERASTUS WOODWARD.

Witnesses: v

G. W. GREGORY, E. J. BENNETT. 

